Hyvioioptera Orientalis. 139 



6. TxVCHYTES ROTHNEYI, Sp. HOT. 



Niger, dense fnh'o-Jiirtiis ; abdominis segnientis argenteo 

 fasciatis ; tibiis tarsisque dense fidvo-pilosis ; alis flavo- 

 hyalinis^apicefercfnviatis; tegulis riifis. Long. 16 — 18 mm. 



Head and thorax opaque, finely and closely punctured ; 

 the scutellum distinctly and strongly punctured ; the 

 metanotum at apex irregularly striated and deeply furrowed 

 in the middle. Face and clypeus densely covered with a 

 longish fulvous pile ; the vertex sparsely with longish 

 fuscous hair ; the occiput with a silvery pile ; the mandibles 

 at base with golden pubescence. Eyes at top separated by 

 the length of the fourth antennal joint. Scape of antennae 

 densely covered with a silvery pile and with some long 

 fuscous hair ; the third joint about one fourth longer than 

 the fourth, and three times the length of the second ; the 

 fourth — sixth joints are slightly contracted at base and 

 apex, bulging out broadly in the middle. Clypeus broadly 

 carinate in the middle ; the apex rounded, entire, and 

 depressed. Mandibles inclining to red towards the apex. 

 Abdomen longer than the thorax ; becoming gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex ; the basal segment covered 

 with fulvous pubescence ; the other segments broadly 

 fringed with silvery pubescence (but the fringe does 

 not extend quite to the middle) at the apex. Pygidial 

 area densely covered with silvery — inclining to golden — • 

 depressed stiff pile ; its apex truncated. Ventral segments 

 punctured and covered with blackish hair. Tibise and tarsi 

 densely covered with fulvous hair, the femora much more 

 thinly ; calcaria and spines rufous. The second cubital 

 cellule at the top is nearly one-fourth shorter than the third 

 but at the bottom is longer than it ; the first recurrent 

 nervure is received at one-half the length of the second 

 cubital cellule at the top, the second a little beyond the 

 middle, the distance between the two being a little more 

 than the length of the third cubital cellule at the top. 



Tirhoot, Bengal {Rothney) ; Calcutta {Al2ts. CaL). 



